Nov. 3, 1944.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
Presenting
PEGGY BROADDUS
“I simply can’t get this BngUsh!’'
“Will someone help me with this
math, puleez?”
‘ ‘ O.K., girls, right this way. Peggy
Broaddus is in 304, and I know she
can help you!”
And, so help me, it’s the truth!
Peggy is one of those cute fresh
men you’ve seen around the Smoke
house or in the library. She’s five
feet three, has curly brown hair,
hazel eyes, and the brightest smile
you ever saw. And, believe it or
not, the girl likes to study.
She has a million hobbies. One
of her special weaknesses is for
the wintertime because, “In the
winter it’s cold. When it’s cold, it
snows; and when it snows—^well,
then I can go sleigh riding!” She
also likes to play bridge, and she’s
simply mad about black, be it
sweater, skirt, or dress. And she
just loves to eat . . . “That’s how
I’d like to si>end all my spare time—
eating. Especially chocolate. I have
absolutely no will power when it
comes to that!” But of all Peggy’s
hobbies, dancing is her favorite. Her
biggest thrill in high school wa»
attending her first dance.
Her first ambition in life was to
teach dancing, but time has changed
things a little. At present her main
ambition is to finish college—“But
don’t get me wrong! I love Salem!”
After graduation, her future is some
what vague. She’d like to teach
school or do any kind of work with
children. All these plans are merely
temporary, however. She’s really just
passing time waiting for the ‘ ‘ Big
Moment” to arrive.
As for her dates, Peggy will choose
/t^e Navy anytime. But just to prove
her versatality, she thinks the Air
Corps has plenty to offer, “and I
know some mighty cute civilians
too!”
She doesn’t swoon for Frankie,
but she thinks he’s O. K., especially
when it’s “I’ll Walk Alone.” But
she’d swoon for that song with any
body singing it. The reason is cen-
soreil, but maybe she’ll tell you if
you stop by 304 sometime. And even
if she won’t, we’re sure of one thing
—you’ll be glad you went, because
you’re sure to like her lots ’n lots.
Miss Kirkland is leaving Friday
to spend the week-end at her home
in Durham. Her sailor brother, Al,
will be home.
^Vrs. Elizabeth Jerome Holder,
with her daughter, has moved from
the College Apartments to Greens
boro where she will make her home
with her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Jerome.
Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Confer will
occupy the apartment vacated by
Mrs. Holder.
Dr. Howard Jordan and his moth
er expect to move into a house on
South Church Street the first of
next week.
^liss Elizabeth Chase and her
father, the Reverend Arthur Chase,
have returned to New Haven, Con-
necticutt, after a visit with Miss
Chase’s uncle, Dr. Howard Eond-
thaler.
ilrs. Elizabeth Meinung has re
turned from Chicago where she at
tended the American Dietetic As
sociation of which she is a member
of the National Congress. She rep
resented North Carolina at this
meeting.
Mrs. Theodore Kondthaler and
Miss Jess Byrd entertained at a
picnic steak dinner at Arden Farm
for Miss Betsy Chase Saturday night.
Star performances on the guitar by
Mr. Theodore Eondthaler and solos
by Mr. Weinland (and others) were
highlights of the evening.
Miss Hixson, Mr. Weinland, and
Dr. McEwen attended the N. C.
College Conference on Wednesday
and Thursday in Greensboro. Before
this meeting. Miss Hixson attended
a meeting of the N. C. Association
of College Eegistrars.
Mrs. Pyron spent the week-end
ANN MILLIKAN
Laughing brown eyes, an infec
tious grin, and a darlin’ personality
that’s Ann Millikan, who hails
from Greensboro. Ann is undecided
about what she would like to do
when she finishes school, but she
admits she has always had a secret
desire to run a kindergarten. She
takes an A. B. course and is interest
ed in music and sports, her favorite
one being horseback riding. ,
‘ ‘ I can’t fight that,” she said, when
we informed her she was being inter
viewed. She immediately shut up
like a clam and we finally gave up
hope of her telling on herself and
looked around for inspiration. We
found it!
On the wall we discovered a
Duke pennant, and a sailor hat lay
on top her desk, along with several
(ahem!) pictures. Draw your own
conclusions—^he’s in the V-12 at Duke
and his name—well, ask Ann for
that!
On looking farther, we discovered
a scrapbook chock-full of the most
Interesting little items. F’r instance,
there’s a picture of Ann and Byron
Nelson, the well-known golf cham
pion. We learned that lucky Ann
had been his sponsor at the golf
tournaments in Greensboro this past
spring.
Ann vowed she had no dislikes,
but after we threatened blackmail,
she admitted that petty girls em
barrassed her. She has a passion for
pretty stationery and adores food of
any kind. Her “roomie” claims Ann
should open up a private post office
for all the mail she receives, which
is just one more proof of what a
grand gal she is!
Man Bites Dog And ..
Wooten has hysterics . . . Daisy
Mae catches Li’l Abner on Sadie
Hawkins Day . . . Margaret Fisher
loses her temper ... it rains on
the day that you have gymn .
Lou Langhorn campaigns for Roose
velt . . . Salem is made co-education-
al . . . Luke is elected May Queen
. . . Mrs. Eondthaler forgrts a
name . . . somebody empties an
ashtray in the smokehouse . .
Peggy and Wink are the first to
leave the dining room . . . eight-
thirty classes are abolished . '.
Jean Pierce regains her sanity .
someone lowers your window for
you in the morning . . . Betty Bell
doesn’t know a joke . . . escalators
are installed in Clewell . . . this is
printed! . . .
Letters From
The Service
From a lieutenant stationed in
Corsica:
“About a week ago, the captain
in charge of my station suggested
that we take an overnight trip
up in the mountains on our day
off. While stationed in Africa, he
had made friends with a Corsican
soldier, named Jacques, who gave
him the address of his family and
asked the captain to look them up
when he got to the island. On a
map he located his home town . . .
We packed our musette bags full
of C-rations . . . and got off to an
early start.
'‘We drove down the main road
along the seacoast for several miles,
then cut off on to a narrow dirt
road, and started climbing up into
the mountains. Our faithful little
jeep continued to climb steadily . . .
We approached a mountain town
where we stopped for a moment
to get a snapshot of the pictures
que stone houses set back in the
mountains and then proceeded on
our way. ...
“About 6 P. M., after rounding a
turn in the road, we caught our
first glimpse of the little village of
, with its many white stone
with her family in Greensboro.
Dr. and Mrs. Weinland entertain
ed members of the senior class at
their beautiful new home at 416
South Main Street last Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Weinland served hot
tea, cookies, cake, and popcorn.
LaLst week Dr. and Mrs. Rond-
thaler attended a meeting of the
Charlotte alumnae of Salem. , . . On
Tuesday night the Eondthalers en
tertained Emily Kimbrough aild a
group of town friends at a formal
dinner at the President’s House. On
Wednesday night they entertained
twelve of the freshmen.
Miss Marion Blair was a visitor
on campus last week-end. She sur
prised Salem most agreeably by
bringing a handsome marine with
her! The marine, whom Miss Blair
met on a bus from Chapel Hill, was
disillustioned at finding “his girl”
in Winston had just been married;
so Miss Blair took the boy into cus
tody. By her arrangement, he went
to the dance with Wink Wall and
went out to Sunday dinner with
Betsy Long.
Personals....
houses nestled away along the steep
slope of the mountain side. . . .
After making inquiries, we were
directed to the home of Jacques.
. At 'the house, we were greeted
cordially by Jacques’ older sister
and introduced to all the rest of
the family . . . seven or eight of
them altogether. They . . . really
showed that they were pleased to
meet any friends of Jacques, es
pecially a couple of American offic
ers! Before we knew it, they had
coffee and food on the table . .
Their regular dinner wouldn’t be
ready till about 8 o’clock, they
said. ...
“Then, they showed us around
the house. Tt was a large 3-story
building, constructed of granite
blocks and quite new for these parts
—(only 40 years old!) Downstairs
one section of the building was
partitioned off to make a garage
the rest being their living room
with a small kitchen in the back.
The living room had a big cozy-
looking fireplace in the center .
They had electric lights and gas
stoves; but, since the gas-, lines
were out, they had to use their
fireplace for cooking. On the second
floor was a large dining room and
a bathroom with running water and
modern plumbing. On the third floor
they escorted us into a large liv
ing room where we were introduced
to Jacques’ father, a very distin-
guished-looking old man with a
bushy grey beard. He was some
what of an invalid . . . With pride,
he showed us the two Croix de
Guerre (FVench distingu^hed service
medals) which had been presented
to his soldier son and were now
displayed on the mantel-piece. In
cidentally, all the conversations dur
ing our visit to this place were
carried on in the French language.
IMine Wasn’t so hot, but the captain
spoke French fairly well, and we
also had a couple of English-Fran-
caise dictionaries to help us out
over the rough spots. Surprisingly
enough, we got along very well. .
“Jacques’ lirother, Paul, and his
family then took us down to see
his garden, a very extensive one
built in terraces along the side of
a hill. There were, many fruit trees.
. . . The vineyards were in “full
bloom” ... so we picked a big
basket full of delicious yellow-green
grapes and ate our fill.
“French people eat their big
meal, dinner, late in the evening,
—so when we got back, they had
a feast waiting for us. We had
brought lots of C-rations, canned
beef, Weiners, and crackers with us
and had given it to them to pre
pare for the dinner . . . but they
insisted on cooking a real French
dinner for us. Since the women al
ways eat separately, there were
just the three of us in the big din
ing room upstairs. . . . The even
ing dinner, we discovered, usually
lasts anywhere from 2-3 hours, be
cause they bring each course in
separately . . . First, we had “hors
d’oeuvres” (consisting of some
fancy cold meat sliced up like ba
loney or Salome) along with a
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Lt. Jack Ward Holton, well-known
pilot of a P-38 was a luncheon
guest at Salem Wednesday. Lt.
Holton came to see his former voice
instructor, Mr. Bair. He is one of
the few servicemen who owns the
insignia called “winged boots,”
which means that he walked out
of enemy occupied territory.
* * *' *
Second floor Clewell will be empty
when Margaret West goes to Kin
ston this week-end, and ‘ ‘Bunny”
Bunn and “Boaty” Boatwright, to
Reidsville.
* * » *
Alice Chiles, Jane Jeter, and
Peggy Davis will leave Saturday
for Ealeigh. Mary Wells Bunting is
off to Bethel, and Jean Griffin will
go with her as far as Rocky Mount.
# * * *
If nothing happens, Phil Taylor,
U. S. N. R., will be ringing the
doorbell for Julia Garrett this week
end.
^ *
And did .you see all the cute
dates swarming to Salem for the
dance? Some good-lookers? — And
how!! Seems that blind dates were
the fad for the evening. Barbara
Ward, Peggy Broaddus, Ann Dun-
gan, and Helen Spruill had
“blindies” that were definitely on
the beam. Barbara and Ann are al
ready making big plans for the
Davidson homecoming!
* * «
Billie Rose Beckerdite and Kay
Whittle spent last week-end in Con
cord. “Everyone” was there and
had a “huge” time.
« « «■ «
Several servicemen drew stares
from Salemites stationed in the
Smokehouse this week. Among them
were Carol Gregory’s “Joe” and
Lois Wooten’s brother, Carl.
Jane Frazier and Bnth Shore will
go to Duke for Homecoming this
week-end.
* * * *
Alyce Stevens had as a guest last
week-end, Lt. “Buddy” Cohen of
Maxton, who left his bars as a
calling card.
* * * *
Salem will be well represented in
Eaeford this week-end by Josephine
McLanchlin and Molly Cameron.
Molly will have Nancy Hills Davis
as her houseguest.
Daphne Houchins will go home to
Martinsville, W. Va. for the week
end.
* * * «
Lt. Paul Cash, reportpd missing
in action on Monday, has written
his fiancee, Mildred Garrison that
he has returned from his mission
and is all right. Celebrating the
good news Mildred will take Kath
leen Phillips, Frances Jones, .Dodie
Bayley, and Peggy Nimmocks home
to Glen Alpine this week-end.
• • • •
Betsy Bon'ey and Marilyn Watson
will accompany Peggy Taylor to
Newton this week-end.
• « « *
Wink Wall, Betsy Long, and Helen
McMillan will compose the Salem
contingency at West Point this
week-end. Wink and Helen will
spend a few days in New York
before returning.
« » «
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Greenwald
drove down from Charlottsville, Va.,
where they were on a business trip,
to visit their daughter, Jane, last
Sunday.
* * * *
Phyllis Cooper had fun “just
talkin’ ” to her parents in Raleigh
last week-end.
WAVES Aid Naval Aviation Training
OFFICIAL U. 8. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS
WAVES participate in the altitude
training program for Navy men
undergoing ilight training and for
air crewmen. The WAVE, inset,
is conducting a “run” in the low*
pressure chamber at the Naval
Medical Research Institute at
Bethesda, Maryland. The fliers are
shown inside the chamber before the
“flight” begins. For these and simi
lar patriotic, war-winning jobs the
WAVES need thousands of young
women between 20 and 36, without diil-
dren under 18.